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RESUME
shows and honors
Buffalo Bill Art Show and Auction
September 2017
Buffalo Bill Center of the West and Museum
Cody, Wyoming
Park City Kimball Art Festival
August 2017
Park City, UT
Xanadu Gallery One Man Show
Thursday March 23, 2017
Xanadu Gallery
7039 E. Main St. #101
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
La Quinta Arts Festival
March 2017
La Quinta, CA
Rancho Mirage Art Affaire
November 2016
First Place for Acrylics
Ranch Mirage, CA
Buffalo Bill Art Show and Auction
September 2016
Buffalo Bill Center of the West and Museum
Cody, Wyoming
John Ford Clymer Museum and Gallery
September-Oct. 2016
416 N. Pearl St.
Ellensburg, WA 98926
National Museum of Wildlife Art
September-October 2016
Western Visions 28th Annual Show & Sale
Jackson, Wyoming
Park City Kimball Art Festival
August 2016
Park City, UT
Crested Butte Arts Festival
August 2016
Crested Butte, CO
La Quinta Arts Festival
March 2016
La Quinta, CA
Xanadu Gallery Mid-Winter Show
Two Person Show
Thursday February 18, 2016
Xanadu Gallery
7039 E. Main St. #101
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Tohono Chul Gardens - Galleries - Bistro
November 14, 2015 through February 14, 2016
Taking Flight : Birds in Art
&366 North Paseo del Norte
Tucson, Arizona 85704
Rancho Mirage Art Affaire
November 2015
Ranch Mirage, CA
National Museum of Wildlife Art
September-October 2015
Western Visions 28th Annual Show & Sale
Jackson, Wyoming
Buffalo Bill Art Show and Auction
September 2015
Buffalo Bill Center of the West and Museum
Cody, Wyoming
Rare Gallery Mid Summer Show
August 12, 2015
Rare Gallery Jackson Hole
Southeast Corner of the Square
60 East Broadway, 2nd Floor
Jackson, Wyoming 83001
Windows to the West Art Show
June 6th - July 27, 2015
Cultural Arts Council Gallery
423 West Elkhorn Ave.
Estes Park, Colorado
New Look at the West
October 23 - November 27, 2014
Award winner Western art and Architecture Award of Excellence
The Pearce Museum
Corsicana, Texas
Buffalo Bill Art Show and Auction
August – September 2014
Buffalo Bill Center of the West and Museum
Cody, Wyoming
Shemer Art Center and Museum
July 31 – August 28, 2014
Student & Faculty Showcase
Phoenix, Arizona
Joan Cawley Gallery
July 2014
Featured Artist Closing Show
Scottsdale, Arizona
Judge: American Icon Art Competition
September 2013
Sausalito Arts Festival
Sausalito, California
Joan Cawley Gallery
November 2013
Two Person Show
Scottsdale, Arizona
New Look at the West
September 6 – October 18, 2013
The Pearce Museum
Corsicana, Texas
Redlands Festival of Arts
May 25 – 26, 2013
First Place Award for 2D Art (Painting)
Redlands, California
10 Year Anniversary Show
May 2014
Adelante! Gallery
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Western Artists of America:
July 13 – August 30, 2013
Miniature Show and Auction 2013
Featured Work: Lone Roan and the Dying Moon
Western Heritage Center
Billings, Montana
Ridgeway Arts Festival 2012
June 2012
First Place Award – Acrylic Painting
Ridgeway, Colorado
The Pearce Museum
March 2012
Bronze Award for “Like Straw Before The Wind”
Western Artists of America 2012
Corsicana, Texas
Rancho Mirage Art Affaire
November 2011
First Place for Acrylics
Ranch Mirage, CA
Joan Cawley Gallery,
October 2011
Featured Artist
Scottsdale Western ArtWalk
One Man Show
Scottsdale Arizona
Vail Arts Festival
June 2011 Featured Artist
Vail-Lionshead, Colorado
Ridgeway Arts Festival
August 2011
First Place Award – Painting
Ridgeway, Colorado
Rancho Mirage Art Affaire
November 2011-2010
First Place for Acrylics
Ranch Mirage, CA
The Pearce Museum
January 2011
Western Artists of America
2011 Show & Sale Catalogue
Corsicana, Texas
Desert Caballeros Western Museum
Oct 2010 – March 2011
Collecting the West: Rodeo, Ranching, Rough stock
Wickenburg, Arizona
Joan Cawley Gallery
Oct 2010
One Man Show
Scottsdale, Arizona
Rockwell Museum of Western Art
May 2010 – January 2011
21st Century Regionalists: Art of the NEXT West
Corning, NY
Museum of Western Art
Aug 2009
2009 Silver Award for Acrylic Painting "Zest"
Kerrville, Texas
Booth Western Art Museum
in Association with the Smithsonian Institute
July 2008
acquires the “Cowgirl and the Vaquero”
Cartersville, GA
Phippen Art Museum Art Show
May 2007
Winners Round Up “American Quarter”
Prescott, AZ
Joan Cawley Gallery
October 2007
Three Person Show
Scottsdale, AZ
P.B. Hein Vineyards
Inargural Label for the
Trailblazer Syrah Series2005 to Present
Napa, CA
Southwest Arts Festival
January 2006
Best of Show and First Place painting award
Indio, CA
Rancho Mirage Art Affaire
November 2004
First Place painting award
Ranch Mirage, CA
St. George Arts Festival
April 2004
Second Place painting award
St.George, UT
Greater Oro Valley art festival
April 2004
Featured Poster Artist
Tucson, AZ
The Southwest Arts Festival
February 2004
Painting award winner
Indio CA
Phippen Fine Art Show
May 2003
Painting award winner
Prescott, AZ
Greater Oro Valley Art Festival
April 2003
First Place Painting award
Tucson, AZ
Joan Cawley Gallery
February 2003
One Man Show
Scottsdale AZ
Joan Cawley Gallery
October 2002
One Man Show
Scottsdale, AZ
Joan Cawley GalleryMarch 2002
Previews Horse, Red, White, and Blue
Fine Art Print at New York Expo New York, NY
Joan Cawley Gallery
November 1996
Previews First Fine Art Print
at New York Expo
New York, NY
Joan Cawley Gallery
October 1994
A Midwestern View Featuring
Six Kansas City Artists
Lenexa, KS
Park City Kimball Art Festival
August 2002 – 2008
Horse Red White and Blue
May 2002
Selected for Tribute to New York
as a greeting card for the 17th annual Surtex Show
Joan Cawley Gallery
December 2001
Fireman’s Fund Show and Poster Signing
Featured Artist for Horse Red White and Blue
Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra
Season1999 – 2000
Featured Artist for the 25th Silver Anniversary
Scottsdale, AZ
Michael Martin Murphy Cowboy Christmas
December 1997
Two Man Show
Overland Park, KS
Telluride’s Wild West Festival
September 1997
Featured Poster Artist
Hosted by the Sheridan Arts Foundation,
Telluride, CO
Forty-fifth Grand International Signature Classic Knickerbocker Artist, USA
February 1997
Joan Cawley Gallery
Scottsdale, AZ
Hidden Glen Art Festival
October 1994 – 1996
Watercolorist Demonstrator
Shadow Glen Country Club
Olathe, KS
Waddie Mitchell and Don Edwards Cowboy Christmas and Art Show
December 1995
Overland Park, KS
American Royal Rodeo and Equestrian Show
November 1995
American Royal Museum Art Show
Kansas, City, MO
Walnut Valley Art Festival and International Flat Pickers Championship
September 1994 – 1995
Painting Award Winner
Winfield. KS
Joan Cawley Gallery
Fall of 1990-1991
Started representing
Lenexa, KS